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To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; Clintonfatigued; GeronL

It is sily to believe that districts “drawn by a computer” would be “fairer” or “more representative,” or whatever the rallying cry is now. Geographic proximity does not guarantee better representation, and randomness does not guarantee fairness. Besides, there always will be a lot of arbitrariness in redistricting even if a computer draws the maps; one has to start drawing the first district at some geographic point, and whichever one is chosen will yield very different maps than any of the infinite alternatives.

The Founding Fathers wrote a Constitution that provides that U.S. Representatives are elected pursuant to rules set by the state legislatures. Unlike with the election of U.S. Senators by state legislatures, where self-dealing, cronyism and literal vote-buying yielded such a U.S. Senate so alien to the people it was supposed to be representing that 2/3 of each house and the state legislatures in 3/4 of the states saw fit to adopt a constitutional amendment to establish direct election of U.S. Senators (and thank God for that, or we wouldn’t have Senators Cruz, Lee, Ron Johnson, Toomey, Ernst, etc.), there is no good reason to amend the U.S. Constitution and take the power to draw congressional districts away from the state legislatures.

Computers are a tool for human beings to use to make decisions, but yo think that computers can make decisions for us is, frankly, a step backwards in our development as a free people.


51 posted on 12/13/2014 10:58:16 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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52 posted on 12/13/2014 11:37:12 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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